tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post2343227848786366853..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: To cry or not to cry?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-34133569164616669382011-06-15T16:49:52.021+08:002011-06-15T16:49:52.021+08:00Changing the mindset that foreign universities are...Changing the mindset that foreign universities are better means admitting that the original idea of worshipping foreign degrees was a misconception. Have they ever admit being wrong in their judgement, until 2011?<br /><br />Bear in mind that none other than the Yoda himself commented, at one time,that those seeking to hold the top political office in the country must be scholars educated at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-62588429400155896652011-06-15T16:35:23.077+08:002011-06-15T16:35:23.077+08:00There is this common belief that the PAP will not ...There is this common belief that the PAP will not be defeated by other political parties but only by within. This is like saying Singaporeans will only be screwed by Singaporeans and bad leadership.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-69138651792016746702011-06-15T16:26:28.735+08:002011-06-15T16:26:28.735+08:00"mistake" more than 25 years ago."mistake" more than 25 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-54128493463831729902011-06-15T16:24:08.252+08:002011-06-15T16:24:08.252+08:00I am an average Singaporean graduate more than 30 ...I am an average Singaporean graduate more than 30 years ago. By God's grace I was given opportunities to try and fail, and finally succeeded beyond my imagination in an area of expertise on a global level. <br /><br />I believe in giving opportunities to Singaporeans. And Singaporeans wanting to succeed must be daring to take risks. Without opportunities, what's there to talk about? <br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-68146311753698498352011-06-15T15:25:35.794+08:002011-06-15T15:25:35.794+08:00Everything is myth except that Sin is located at t...Everything is myth except that Sin is located at the most strategic and safest part in S E Asia, even Asia and the World. It was and is the richest state in this region for the past 5 centuries or so is never a myth.<br />Without the geographical advantage, 100 Winsemus or any other geniuses would not be able to make it(Sin) into what it is today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-62555076970148417392011-06-15T14:39:59.466+08:002011-06-15T14:39:59.466+08:00Rightly said. All the local managers in the banks ...Rightly said. All the local managers in the banks would not be given the chance to prove themselves and they will end up working under foreigners, forever the second best.<br /><br />And how did the foreigners become top dogs? Because the silly Asians mentality of foreigners best and locals less gave them the opportunity to gain the experience to be top dogs. <br /><br />The stupid Asians never Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-63864242468231536692011-06-15T14:31:15.013+08:002011-06-15T14:31:15.013+08:00I was a trader with a big foreign bank more than 2...I was a trader with a big foreign bank more than 20 years ago. At that time, the Treasury was filled with high paying Singaporean traders with the Treasurer, a Singaporean. <br /><br />The early PAP localization of management policy certainly helped to grant my then boss the top job, and we locals benefited. Eversince LKY foreign talent extreme policy, I saw so many locals being replaced by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-2882575576234527502011-06-15T14:10:38.461+08:002011-06-15T14:10:38.461+08:00The gene pool will deteriorate. The best will neve...The gene pool will deteriorate. The best will never come back home after they left or served their stint overseas. <br /><br />Meanwhile we are welcoming, not those with good quality genes, but instead the wrong kind of half baked, lowly educated with bad habits that do not fit in well with locals. <br /><br />This will be a downhill ride for us from now on. No use crying. It is too little too Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-44969628271106391842011-06-15T11:33:15.105+08:002011-06-15T11:33:15.105+08:00Of course our great education system is a myth. Wh...Of course our great education system is a myth. Why ministers send their children to overseas universities when our universities are top-rated (only by our govt)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-74593614859980509652011-06-15T11:05:06.518+08:002011-06-15T11:05:06.518+08:00Our children are very well brought up and given th...Our children are very well brought up and given the best. It is really sad that they are not seen as good enough vis a vis foreign talents. Look at DBS, GIC, Temasek and several of the big local institutions and you will know how lousy our locals are.<br /><br />Or is it that they are not aggressive enough, like anon said, or they are not pushy enough, after years of being indoctrinated with the Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-54906324285865418902011-06-15T10:56:08.596+08:002011-06-15T10:56:08.596+08:00This is a sorry state of affairs.
As a local entr...This is a sorry state of affairs.<br /><br />As a local entrepreneur, successful and retired, I observed and faced a two-fold realities:<br />1. Despite all the programs and talks about our government supporting local entrepreneurs, the hard realities I faced was that foreign competitors based here were provided with more advantages from the realities of regulations and incentives.<br />2. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-66715330469144373482011-06-15T10:55:36.877+08:002011-06-15T10:55:36.877+08:00Mr. Bean,
Quit ranting and stop crying willya? :)...Mr. Bean,<br /><br />Quit ranting and stop crying willya? :)<br /><br />These current bunch of second rate mintsters are putting their educated in Sinkapoore brains to solve this problem after our complaint during the last erection. See how many "schdollars" there are?<br /><br />If they can't come up with acceptable solutions, we know that education in Singapore is not producing Wally Buffethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310530661689310446noreply@blogger.com